#6E161C#6E161C

#6E161C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.121 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E161C
RGB	rgb(110, 22, 28)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 74.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 38.24, 20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 43.29, 27.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.1119 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.121 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9277, 3.9737, 1.5006)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E161C #166E68

analogous

#6E1648 #6E161C #6E3C16

triadic

#6E161C #1C6E16 #161C6E

tetradic

#6E161C #486E16 #166E68 #3C166E

square

#6E161C #486E16 #166E68 #3C166E

split-complementary

#6E161C #166E3C #16486E

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3B0C0F #6E161C #A12029 #D42A36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#6E161C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#6E161C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E161C

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E161C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E161C	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e161c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 22, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.121 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e5c58',
    500: '#6e161c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e161c;
$custom-light: #9e5c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e161c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35608,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E161C

secondary

#3CA49D

accent

#EADE3E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E161C

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